Week 2: Mastering the Past Tense (The Art of Storytelling)

Welcome to Week 2! If the Present Tense is about facts, the Past Tense is about stories. Whether you are writing an exam essay or telling a friend about your weekend, you need to know which past tense to use.

This week, we are diving into the three big ones: Simple Past, Past Continuous, and the legendary Past Perfect.


📝 Week 2 Worksheet: 20 Practice Questions

Part A: Simple Past or Past Continuous?

Complete the sentences with the correct form of the verb.

  1. While I __________ (walk) to the park, I met my old teacher.

  2. She __________ (finish) her homework an hour ago.

  3. We __________ (watch) TV when the power went out.

  4. I __________ (not/see) you at the party last night.

  5. What __________ you __________ (do) at 8 PM yesterday?

  6. He __________ (lose) his keys while he was running.

  7. It __________ (rain) heavily all day yesterday.

  8. They __________ (buy) a new car last month.

  9. The sun __________ (shine) when I woke up this morning.

  10. I __________ (wait) for the bus for twenty minutes.

Part B: The Past Perfect Challenge

Choose the correct form to show the sequence of events.

  1. When we arrived at the cinema, the movie __________ (already/start).

  2. He was tired because he __________ (work) all night.

  3. I realized that I __________ (see) that man somewhere before.

  4. After she __________ (clean) the house, she sat down to rest.

  5. By the time the police arrived, the thief __________ (escape).

Part C: MCQ Mix

  1. Which is correct? "I ______ my breakfast before I left for school."

    (a) have eaten (b) had eaten (c) was eating

  2. Identify the error: "He was go to the market yesterday."

  3. Identify the tense: "She had been a teacher for ten years."

  4. Complete the sentence: They __________ (play) football when it started to thunder.

  5. Which action happened first? "The patient had died before the doctor arrived."

    (a) Doctor arrived (b) Patient died

✅ Week 2 Answer Key

  1. was walking (Background action)

  2. finished (Completed action)

  3. were watching (Interrupted action)

  4. did not see (Simple Past negative)

  5. were (you) doing (Specific time in past)

  6. lost (The interruption)

  7. was raining (Duration in the past)

  8. bought (Finished action)

  9. was shining (Setting the scene)

  10. waited (Simple Past)

  11. had already started (Happened before we arrived)

  12. had worked (Reason for being tired)

  13. had seen (Earlier memory)

  14. had cleaned (First action finished before the next)

  15. had escaped (Thief left first)

  16. (b) had eaten

  17. Error: "was go" (Correction: went)

  18. Past Perfect

  19. were playing

  20. (b) Patient died (Because it is in Past Perfect)

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